Is there any chance I could 'tour' your operation. I am most interested in the gravity 'main' lines. Over the years I have dabbled with a 1" mainline on gravity.
I have lots of questions. I can send you my phone number ....
Is there any chance I could 'tour' your operation. I am most interested in the gravity 'main' lines. Over the years I have dabbled with a 1" mainline on gravity.
I have lots of questions. I can send you my phone number ....
Sandstone area, east central Minnesota--- Going to start tapping this week-end--a dozen test bags have shown nothing yet.
Scarlet Jewell Sugar Shack LLC
Sandstone, MN 55072
16 x 24 sugar shack
crescendo auto drawoff,
Home built ro with a Dow xle 4040 membrane.
1 1/2 hp motor on 220 drawing 8 amps
Gravity feed
300 taps on vacuum
2 x 6 Smokey Lake Corsair arch with blower and pans and preheater
1529 Massey Ferguson, Yamaha Wolverine
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Oak grove mn east of elk River saps flowing. Put out 6 test taps Monday night and collected 5 gallons last night. The week ahead looks to be promising no end in sight for this early season.
Put out just 10 taps yesterday 2/23/16 and have 5 dripping. No big accumulation but a start. 9 miles south of motley. Best trees down by pond in low area.
Driving home from work the other day and I noticed a neighbor that tapped a few maples. So I drove by the next afternoon to see if he was catching any sap. Some had an inch in them but most were flapping in the breeze. Weather is looking good but the ground by me is still frozen solid, but not much snow cover. I think I'll prob tap this weekend . Here's to a good season.
2012 1st year 25 taps, crude block arch, 1 gallon syrup made
2013 2nd year 50 gravity taps, 3 pan block arch w/drop tubes, 16 gallons made
2014 3rd year 30 gravity taps same arch and pans, 6 1/2 gallons made
2015 4th year 8 gravity taps (reds only) same arch and pans, 15 pints made
2016 5th year 15 gravity taps. Reds and silvers. About 2 gallons made
A fellow syrup maker here on the east side of the twin cities, MN has 700 bags out mostly silvers. Only 80 gallons yesterday. Nothing really happening yet. That could change fast this week-end. 50's Sat.
Scarlet Jewell Sugar Shack LLC
Sandstone, MN 55072
16 x 24 sugar shack
crescendo auto drawoff,
Home built ro with a Dow xle 4040 membrane.
1 1/2 hp motor on 220 drawing 8 amps
Gravity feed
300 taps on vacuum
2 x 6 Smokey Lake Corsair arch with blower and pans and preheater
1529 Massey Ferguson, Yamaha Wolverine
https://www.facebook.com/ScarletJewellSugarShack
Instagram. Mapleshack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOnmFMBgU10
280 bags out since Sunday (more going out tonight), 130 gallons of sap so far. Most taps just starting to run; hoping it gets crazy this weekend! Enjoy the run!
Where abouts in anoka county. I'm in oak grove mn just north of Andover. I'm on my second year of tapping and always looking to check out other people's operation to Maby improve mine!!Originally Posted by Kilroy
running about 50 taps - Collected just shy of 10 gallons sap yesterday. NOthing today (too cold) expecting something significant tomorrow!!
Hey Terry. Let everyone know what you find running this weekend - if you tap.
We are straight west of you - just north of Garrison. We will be out of town this weekend, and plan on tapping beginning Monday depending on the temps.
Thanks for the tour 2 years ago. Uncle Wilho is no longer with us, but he never stopped talking about your sugarbush.
Happy Sappin'
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